Gasthof Pfeifferstocker - Jagdhaus Straßerhalt

Access to starting point:
A) Through one of the border crossings with Austria (Korensko sedlo, Karawanks Tunnel, Ljubelj mountain pass, Jezerski vrh mountain pass, Pavličev vrh mountain pass), we drive into Austria, and then we continue driving on the highway towards Graz. On the mentioned highway we drive to the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg, where we leave the highway, and when we get to the old or regional road we continue driving in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud, we notice signs for the Weinebene Alpine mountain pass, which direct us to the right onto an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 12 km, or to the parking lot below the inn Gasthof Pfeifferstocker.
B) Over the border crossing Holmec or Vič we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving towards the settlement Volšperk / Wolfsberg. From Volšperk we continue on a regional road in the direction of the settlement St. Gertraud. In the settlement St. Gertraud we notice signs for Alpine mountain pass Weinebene, which point us to the right on an ascending asphalt road. On the mentioned road, we drive approximately 12 km, or to the parking lot below the inn Gasthof Pfeifferstocker.
C) First, we drive to Maribor, and then we continue driving on the highway towards the border crossing Šentilj and ahead on Austrian highway towards Gradec / Graz. We leave the mentioned highway at exit for settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz. When we leave the highway at the roundabout, we continue in the direction of the settlement Lipnica / Leibnitz and further we drive south from the village Gralla, which is today already some kind of peripheral part of Lipnica. Further, the road leads us past industrial zone, and at the roundabout by store Hofer we continue "straight" on the second exit in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. Further, we for some time drive on the main road, and after the village Graschach we turn right in the direction of the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg. In a roundabout right next to the settlement Lonč / Deutschlandsberg, we continue "straight" in the direction of the alpine mountain pass Weinebene. From here, the road begins to ascend more steeply, and we follow it to the mentioned mountain pass, which we reach after approximately 20 km of driving from the start of the settlement Lonč. From the mountain pass, we continue driving forward and begin descending, descending approximately 6 km, when on the right side we notice the parking lot below the inn Gasthof Pfeifferstocker.

Path description:
From the parking lot by the main road, we first walk to the inn, then bypass the inn and other nearby buildings on the right side. We continue on the macadam road, which leads us along the left side of the transformer, then diagonally ascend to a private house a few minutes away, where we turn left onto a footpath, ascending the slope to a marked crossing on the periphery of the forest.
Here we go right toward the Wildbachsattel saddle (left the Weberwirt guesthouse) and continue briefly along the edge of the forest with beautiful views on the right side. When the path passes into the forest, we go from the cart track left onto a marked path, along which we ascend slightly more for some time, but higher up the path flattens and then continues to the next crossing without significant changes in altitude.
Here we go right (left Wildbachsattel and Barofen) and arrive near the hunting cottage, which is situated slightly below the marked path.
The description and pictures refer to the conditions in February 2025.